Case for lipstick, rouge, and the like products



Aug. 30, 1949. G. A. J. BEZAULT CASE FOR LIPSTICK, ROUGE AND THE LIKE PRODUCTS Filed Aug. 30, 1945 [L LOWGo-QM Y-QJM Patented Aug. 30, 1949 CASE its :Lirsrrren, RGUGE, AND

raonno rs THE LlKE Georges Albert Julie-n Bez'ault, iI'uvisy-sur Orge, Trance, assignoigby'rne'sne assignments, to Cartier, TInc., New

New York -York, N. ii, 'a corporation of Application August 30, 1945, Serial No. 613,592 In France July 22, 1939 Section 1, Public Law 690, August 8, 1946 Patent expires July 22, 1959 3 Claims.

The present invention has for its object improvements in the case for rouge or lipsticks as described in the prior U. S. Patent 2,209,147, and consists in interlocking the cover of said case with a tube surrounding the lipstick; this interlocking prevents any operation of the lipstick, rou e or other product when the cover is closed, so that said stick cannot be displaced inside its case and be crushed by contacting against the cover as a consequence of an untimely operation.

Moreover the invention prevents the closing of the cover of the case as long as the lipstick or rouge has not been wholly retracted into the case.

The interlocking is obtained by a lug or the like part carried by the cover and engaging a suitable notch provided at the upper edge of a tube, which latter, during the operation of the case adapted to make the lipstick or rouge advance or retract has a relative angular movement with reference to the cover whereby said notch lies in front of the interlocking lug or stud only when the lipstick or rouge is fully retracted to the bottom of the case.

The follOWing description and accompanying drawing given, by way of a non-limitative example, wi l allow the present invention to be Well understood, the features appearing either in the drawing or in the specification forming part of said invention.

Fig. 1 is an elevation with parts in cross-section of the upper and of a lipstick improved in accordance with the present invention, the cover being in its closed position.

Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken on the line IIII of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. l, the cover being in its open position.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the case, the lipstick being shown in its fully retracted position.

Fig. 5 is also a perspective view of the case, the lipstick being shown in its projected outer position.

As apparent from the drawing, the knuckle 8a, rigid with a cover 2 carries a lug or projection 25 adapted to engage, as apparent in Fig. 1 a recess in the form of a slot or notch '26 provided in the edge 9 of the inner tube 6 inside which the rouge stick 4 is adapted to slide.

In the form of execution illustrated, this tube 6 is non-rotatable whereas the tube 1 to which is secured the cover may rotate round its axis; the tube 1 is provided in a manner well known per se with a helical groove whereas the tube 6 is provided with a longitudinal or vertical slot. The rouge stick carries a stud pin engaging both slots simultaneously whereby said stick is caused to rise or to sink when the cover is caused to rotate with reference to the body of the stationary case I.

The cover being in its closed position illustrated in Fig. 1, with the stick completely retracted into its lower position, said cover cannot be displaced. angularly round the longitudinal axis of the case i by reason of the lug 25 engaging the notch 26 and consequently the stick 4, is held in its lower extreme position without being capable of leaving same. It can only be operated after opening the cover (Fig. 3), i. e. when the lug 25 has released the slot 26. The cover may then be displaced round the axis of the case and thus produce the drive of the intermediary tube l and thereby the rising motion of the stick l.

By reason of the angular displacement of the cover 2 round the axis of the case I, the lug 25 is shifted with reference to the notch 26 so that if it is attempted to close the cover, said lug will abut against the edge 9 as shown in Fig. 5, which prevents such a closing.

Said closing is again possible only after having returned the lug 25 into register with the notch 26 i. e. onl after the paint stick has returned to the bottom of its case.

Obviously many detail modifications may be made in the above described form of execution without widening thereby the scope of the present invention. In particular the interlocking may be provided in the same manner when the operation of raising and lowering the lipstick is obtained as in the above mentioned prior Patent 2,209,147 with reference to Figs. 10 to 16 thereof by a knob driving the tube 6 around while the cover is pivotally secured to the stationary case I; as in the preceding case, the tube 5 would carry the notch 26.

What I claim is:

1. In a cosmetic stick container having a hinged cover and coaxial tubes the innermost of which contains a cosmetic stick having a pin projecting through longitudinal and helical slots in the respective tubes to cause said stick to be projected out of and retracted into said tubes upon relative rotation of the tubes, the improvement which comprises: a locking lug mounted on the hinged cover and projecting inwardly thereof and a recess in the upper edge of one of said tubes, said locking lug being positioned to project into said recess when the cosmetic stick is retracted and when said cover is closed, thus precluding 2,480,539 3 4 relative rotation between said tubes until the claim 1 wherein the cover is pivoted on the coaxcover is p said locking lug being movable ial tube which is provided with the helical recess.

with said cover and abutting the unrecessed por- GEORGES ALBERT JULIEN BEZAULT. tion of said upper edge when said stick is pro- REFERENCES CITED jecting out of said tubes, to preclude closing of 5 the cover unless the cosmetic stick is fully re- Th fol win references are of record in the tracted. file of this patent:

2. A cosmetic stick container as defined in t 1, wherein the locking lug is in the form of a UNITED STATES PATENTS hook-shaped finger. 10 Number Name Date 3. A cosmetic stick container as defined in 1,781,852 Lyhne Nov. 18, 1930 2,209,147 Bezault July 23, 1940 

